national science day

In rural India, everyday problems inspire extraordinary solutions. From a clay fridge that cools without power to a solar-powered security system, local innovators are reshaping lives with resourceful, low-cost ideas.

"Sirkar belonged to that group of scientists who may not have made discoveries or inventions but influenced the development of science in India by training a number of students."

India's National Science Day celebrates an amazing saga of scientific achievement — the discovery of the Raman Effect by CV Raman. Here's the story behind Asia's first Nobel Prize in science.